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If you're an Apple hardware owner, then you already know something many people don't: Apple devices are great for gaming. Every week the App Store plays host to tons of great new iPhone and iPad game releases, and the Mac continues to get a wide variety of excellent games, with top-notch titles frequently arriving on Steam the same day as their PC counterparts. Much of the time, however, it's hard to cut through the noise and know what games to be on the lookout for, so to assist with that, here's a look at 15 impressive-looking games that will be headed to Mac and iOS in the coming months. From retro adventures to party games to astoungly deep RPGs, there's something here for everyone.

In today's Apple Daily, IBM hints in an employee video that the majority of its worksforce could end up using Macs. In other news, the Force Touch components for the next iPhones are apparently already in mass production, and BMW reportedly ends its talks with Apple.

Pillars of Eternity is a game for heroes whose glory days were sometime around 1998 — those who fought the battles of Baldur’s Gate. If you aren’t one of these role-playing veterans, it’s happy to let you join the quest. Be warned though, it will expect you to know what you’re doing — wasting little time on niceties like explaining how to play, and being quick to insist you take control of whole parties in combat while still working out what each character does.

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Let's say you have an important bit of info you received via an iMessage (or regular text message) on your iPhone, but now you need to get that info to someone else. Sure, you could retype it, or you could copy and paste, but there's an easier option: you can forward text messages — or even entire converstions — straight from your iPhone. Here's how. [via TechRadar]

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If you believe the latest rumor, it appears we might see the next Apple TV as early as September. Also, Apple appears to be making its first big push for office space in San Francisco. But what is it for?

Flight seems to be the theme of this week’s batch of AppStore downloads as a few games on our list are all about flying high or flinging things into the sky. Take the cast of Angry Birds 2, for instance: they’re back to getting flung into things, and even more physics-based puzzles await you in this sequel. Race the Sun is a thrilling racer that challenges you to prolong your inevitable doom and keep your ship in flight, and Red Game Without a Great Name boasts some tricky levels and an adorable mechanical bird. And if you want to relive your glory days playing top-down shoot ‘em ups at the arcade, give Operation Dracula a shot or two. These and many more great games made our list this week so check them out.

Sometimes you have sensitive information on your Mac you don't want other folks to see. Or maybe you don't want someone else jumping on your machine when you're not looking. Whatever the case, the solution to keeping your Mac safe when you leave it unattended is to lock it with a password. [via TechRadar]

This USB drive enables you to access the files on it either by plugging it into a computer like any other USB drive, or by connecting to it over Wi-Fi (using its own Wi-Fi capabilities — no network required) from an iOS device or from a computer using a web browser. It costs a bit more than a standard USB drive, but it’s hugely useful.

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We don't like to think about it much ourselves, but as we turn the corner into August this weekend, and as stores keep on reminding us, back-to-school season has arrived. But it doesn't all have to be misery and three-ring binders. You could manage to swing this time of the year into a compelling case to hook up with a refurb laptop and save yourself some cash you'll need for campus. We'll see what's happening in the MacBook world today, and beat the rush that will surely begin soon.